the people

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He also kept copious and documented records of the people he knew: hence the piles of emails, photos and other documents that are now in the public domain.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

But it’s not just the distinctive clothes that are uniting the people on these shows — it’s the fact that parenthood is just one aspect of these characters’ very full, very busy lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Resulting staff cuts, he said, will “fall hardest on the people who can least afford it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Or he proposed combating them not so much for the benefit of the people most hurt by them as for people who didn’t want to live near them any longer.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

“As long as these ruins have been here, the people capture and eat guinea pigs—or cuys, as they’re better known. Every day more and more get caught and raised to end up in barbecues.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova